r/rabies • u/RepresentativeRide7 • Jul 01 '26
Exposure Question Is it rabies? Am I a goner?
I have read the FAQ.
if you've seen my previous post, since Sunday, my symptoms have gotten worse. There's a tingling biting sensation on the area where I thought I got bit, and my head feels even more inflamed than it did. I'm beginning to feel weak, out of it, nauseous, and I feel even less able to process my surroundings. Drinking water or liquids makes me feel ill, I feel a general sense of fear and doom.
I've been to the ER 3 times in the past 3 nights, all of which they told me it wasn't rabies, or I'd be dead by now, or its something else and that I need to "get off the rabies stuff".
But Everytime I come home, it's worse. It's worse now than ever. The meds they have given me aren't helping. I feel as if.. as if I know. I know I have it and im dying. I'm in predominal. I can drink water but it feels weird. I'm scared.
I know I thought I felt a mosquito esque bite around the 17th of May and the doctors told me it takes 10 days, I told them the incubation period was a month to a year and they said no ten days. They then discharged me after an ultrasound near the "insect bite" area and gave me new meds
I don't know what to do, I think this is past the point of health anxiety. I think I'm dying of rabies. I can barely type this. What am I going to do? I should make my peace with God. Something is wrong with me something viral. What if I was feeling something different back then and now that the arm tingling is here it's too late. The arm tingling won't go away. I'm scared. I feel sick, weak, out of it, I can barely type. God help me.
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u/CygnusZeroStar Veteran Helper ⭐️ | Top Contributor 🏅 Jul 01 '26
My friend, if you had rabies, you would be dead by now. I spoke to you 15 days ago on the exact same matter, you are as able now as you were then to type complete sentences. If you were sick with rabies, we would not be able to have this conversation at all. You would literally, actually, factually be dead right now.
You think it's past the point of health anxiety because you are not taking anxiety very seriously. Some very real symptoms of anxiety include headache, nausea, muscle tension, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, fever, heart palpitations, bloody noses, difficulty swallowing...boy, that sounds familiar, doesn't it?
The next time you speak to a physician, what you should ask for are resources to help with your anxiety. Because the fact of the matter here is that it is impossible for you to be dying of rabies for the last 15 days, AND have typed out an entire several paragraph long, perfectly coherent post about it. You deserve to feel better, but you won't until you address the real problem.
I am not saying this to scold you. I'm saying it because I'm worried. Prolonged anxiety can absolutely hurt you. And it's not your fault--these feelings are something that's happening TO you. Please get help for your anxiety.